sound the alarm! The National Police and hit men from companies closely allied with top government officials are killing people. - the panama news

que paso? i go away for a couple of months and comrade eric starts publishing the daily worker?

i’m just thankful the government has finally been stirred to do something about the problems that plague this fine country. first they enacted the new 30 day visa regulations to boot out gringo tourists. now they’re dropping the mano duro down on the union of construction workers (aka suntracs).

fact is, street demonstrations in panama have been getting out of hand. i’m all about freedom of speech. but not when it means i’m unable to get to the drugstore to fill up on condoms and extra-strength viagra. read more»

a friend writes asking if i’ve found “clarity.”

no my friend, not since i was 15 and i knew with a great degree of moral certainty that i needed to get laid. 3 times a day if i remember correctly.

clarity’s just not something i’ve experienced in a long long while. i think it all gets sketchy after 50. things fall apart, marriages end, health fades, friends sicken and die. read more»